Sarah Anderson

Program Director
Institute for Policy Studies
Sarah Anderson directs the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and is a co-editor of the IPS website Inequality.org. Her research covers a wide range of international and domestic economic issues, including inequality, CEO pay, taxes, labor, and Wall Street reform. Sarah is a well-known expert on executive compensation, as the lead author of more than 20 annual “Executive Excess” reports that have received extensive media coverage. Her op-eds on CEO pay and other issues have appeared in the New York Times, CNN.com, and numerous other outlets. During the Obama administration, Sarah served on the Investment Subcommittee of the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP). In 2000, she served on the staff of the bipartisan International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission, tasked by Congress to evaluate the World Bank and IMF. Sarah is a co-author of the books Field Guide to the Global Economy and Alternatives to Economic Globalization. She holds a Masters in International Affairs from The American University and a BA in Journalism from Northwestern University.

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